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Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.)

 Organization

Biography

__ __ __Work cat.: The glory that was gold, 1992: t.p. (Central City Opera House) p. vii (built in 1878 in Central City, Colo.)

Biography

Central City Opera House is given to the University of Denver by the McFarlane family in 1932 (Ida Kruse McFarlane, Professor of English at DU, good friends with Anne Evans). The CCOHA was administered as a non-profit corporation during this time.

Sources

Breck, From the Rockies to the World, 1997, 126.

Found in 2484 Collections and/or Records:

Box 168: Face on the Barroom Floor Poster, 1932-1978

 File — Box M123.0168: Series M123.04 [Barcode: U186020761066]
Identifier: M123.04.0168
Abstract

This box contains copies of newspaper pages from early Central City history - 1932, poster from world premiere of The Face on the Ballroom Floor - 1978.

Dates: 1932-1978

Box 169: Norman Lockwood Sheet Music and Ledger, 1850-1957

 File — Box M123.0169: Series M123.01; Series M123.05 [Barcode: U186018626404]
Identifier: M123.01.0169
Abstract

(13) folios of sheet music, 1850s, may be associated with Norman Lockwood, some have the name Sarah Firth written on them; (1) bound ledger, Central City Opera House Association, Inc., General Records Oct. 1, 1956 - Sept. 30, 1957.

Dates: 1850-1957

Box 169: Sheet Music, 1850-1957

 File — Box M123.0169: Series M123.01; Series M123.05 [Barcode: U186018626404]
Identifier: M123.05.0169
Abstract

This box contains (13) folios of sheet music, 1850s, may be associated with Norman Lockwood, some have the name Sarah Firth written on them; (1) bound ledger, Central City Opera House Association, Inc., General Recods Oct. 1, 1956 - Sept. 30, 1957.

Dates: 1850-1957

Box 171: Playbills, 1938-1972

 File — Box M123.0171: Series M123.02 [Barcode: U186022650198]
Identifier: M123.02.0171
Abstract

This box contains Playbills from 1938-1972.

Dates: 1938-1972

Box 172: Production Posters, 1949-1968

 File — Box M123.0172: Series M123.04 [Barcode: U186022650295]
Identifier: M123.04.0172
Abstract This box contains posters for Central City productions. Each production has 2 copies of each poster. Productions include "The Critique," "Cactus Flower," "The Miracle Worker," "The Odd Couple," "La Boheme" and "Of Mice and Men," "Gilbert and Sullivan," "Central City Art Fair," "The Merry Widow," "Don Pasquale," "A Masked Ball," "Carmen," "The Italian Girl in Algiers," "The Ballad of Baby Doe," "Manon," "Barber of Seville," "Madama Butterfly," "The Lady from Colorado," "Mary, Mary," "La...
Dates: 1949-1968

Box 173: Financial Files, 1933

 File — Box M123.0173: Series M123.01 [Barcode: U186022650261]
Identifier: M123.01.0173

Box 174: Publicity Committee Scrapbook, 1963-1965

 File — Box M123.0174: Series M123.04 [Barcode: U186023271078]
Identifier: M123.04.0174
Abstract

This box contains (1) scrapbook from the Central City Publicity Committee from 1963-1965.

Dates: 1963-1965

Box 175: Costume Designs

 File — Box M123.0175: Series M123.05 [Barcode: U186022650279]
Identifier: M123.05.0175
Abstract

This box contains costume designs by Edward M. Stevenson and Charles Le Maire.

Dates: 1850-2008

Box 176: Costume Designs, 1947

 File — Box M123.0176: Series M123.05 [Barcode: U186022650253]
Identifier: M123.05.0176
Abstract

This box contains costume designs from the productions 'Martha' and 'Fidelio' both performed during the 1947 festival season at the Cenrtal City Opera House. Costume designs by Mary P. Schenck.

Dates: 1947

Box 177: Illustrations

 File — Box M123.0177: Series M123.05 [Barcode: U186022650245]
Identifier: M123.05.0177
Abstract This box contains sketches of the sets for the CCOH productions 'Tosca' during the 1956 season, 'Fidelio' during the 1947 season and two unknown productions. Sketches of CCOHA affiliates Anne Evans, Frank St Leger and Robert Edmond Jones. Box also contains many illustrations for various programs for unknown Opera House Festivals, sketches of Central City and Central City Flags, plaque designs for structures in Central City and Certificate of Incorportation for Tabor Fire, Tabor Mining and...
Dates: 1850-2008

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